S-2534 : Still Just a Bill

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015 - Makes appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for FY2015 for:

• the Offices of the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Under Secretary for Management, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Information Officer, and the Inspector General;
• intelligence analysis and operations coordination activities;
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), including for border security fencing, infrastructure, and technology;
• U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE);
• the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), including for civilian aviation security services, surface transportation security activities, intelligence and vetting activities, and transportation security support;
• the Coast Guard, including for environmental compliance and restoration functions;
• the U.S. Secret Service;
• the National Protection and Programs Directorate, including for the Federal Protective Service and the Office of Biometric Identity Management;
• the Office of Health Affairs;
• the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), including for the U.S. Fire Administration;
• U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), including for the E-Verify program;
• the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center;
• the Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology;
• science and technology research; and
• the Domestic Nuclear Detention Office.

Prohibits the use of funds under this Act:

• to amend the oath of allegiance required under the Immigration and Nationality Act;
• to prevent an individual not in the business of importing a prescription drug from importing a prescription drug that complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act from Canada for personal use;
• for planning, testing, piloting, or developing a national identification card;
• to transfer, release, or assist in the transfer or release to or within the United States Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee who is not a U.S. citizen or a member of the U.S. Armed Forces and who is or was held on or after June 24, 2009, at the U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the Department of Defense (DOD); or
• by a federal law enforcement officer to facilitate the transfer of an operable firearm to an agent of a drug cartel unless U.S. law enforcement personnel continuously monitor or control the firearm at all times.

Prohibits the Secretary from imposing any new border crossing fee on individuals crossing the southern or northern U.S. borders at a land port of entry or from conducting any study relating to imposition of such a fee.